BROOKLYN, Mich. -- A lot of people are lining up jobs for Mark Martin.

The name of the part-time driver of the No. 55 Toyota has been mentioned by reporters and analysts as a replacement for Tony Stewart, a possible mentor for Kyle Larson, and for various other positions as the NASCAR "silly season" accelerates.

It's all news to Martin, who qualified fourth for the Pure Michigan 400 Sprint Cup race today at Michigan International Speedway.

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"I have to tell you guys one thing: You all usually know before I do," Martin said Saturday when asked if he might drive the No. 14 for Stewart, who is out with a broken leg.

"I have contracts," Martin said. "It's not as simple as you guys think."

Martin gave a similar answer when asked if he might serve as a consultant and part-time driver with Earnhardt Ganassi Racing next year, if the team hires Nationwide driver Larson for the No. 42 Chevrolet.

"I have no idea," Martin said. "I promise no one has talked to anyone on my side from Ganassi. I know it's really churning out there, but there really hasn't been the first discussion about that.

"I'm as interested as you guys are in what Chip Ganassi has up his sleeve."

Ganassi said last week Juan Pablo Montoya will not return to the No. 42 next year.

Whatever Martin does next year, it won't include him running a full, 36-race Sprint Cup schedule.

"I wouldn't do it for the world," Martin said. "I do love my schedule now and I love the people I work with.

"The reason I haven't talked about 2014 is because I felt like the landscape was probably going to change, and it's starting to change rapidly."

Martin, 54, said he will be involved in NASCAR next year.

"It's been my life and I will be around," he said. "I'm just not in a hurry to start to move forward, because there's some good racing to go here yet."

Martin has started 15 of the 22 Sprint Cup races this season, with a best finish of third, for Michael Waltrip Racing, which also fields Toyotas for Martin Truex Jr. (No. 56) and Clint Bowyer (No. 15).

Brian Vickers will drive the No. 55 next year.

Team owner Michael Waltrip is a "cool dude," Martin said.

"He's a cool dude and a lot smarter than a lot of people realize -- a lot smarter than I realized until I got a chance to work with him.

"I definitely ask his opinion on things now because he's really a smart guy and he's been a good friend."

Martin has five wins in 55 career starts at MIS. He finished 26th in the June race at the track.

Buescher wins truck race

Defending series champion James Buescher passed Sprint Cup star Kyle Bush with four laps to go, and he held on to win the NASCAR truck race at Michigan International Speedway on Saturday.

"I'm happy to get back to victory lane," Buescher, driver of the No. 31 Chevrolet, said after his first race win of the season. "It was tough battling through traffic. Got to go after that championship now."

Buescher also won at MIS last year.

Busch, driver of the No. 51 Toyota, has five top-five finishes, but no wins, in seven truck races at MIS. He has finished second four times.

"It's never fun unless you win," Busch said. "I don't know where Buescher came from. He got by us and beat us. That's all there is to it."